Local paper, the Surrey Comet, reports that Chessington World of Adventures has been inundated with complaints after a far-right group blogged about the booking of the theme park for the Islamic festival of Eid and urged readers to complain. According to the paper, a far-right blog committed to...
BBC News and Scottish TV channel, STV, both reported on the permission refused by Glasgow City Council to the Scottish Defence League application to stage a protest on Pollockshields. The SDL, whose planned protest drew strong reservations from local councillors and Police Scotland, wanted to hold...
Regional news site, Wales Online, reports that race hate crimes and incidents in the South Wales region have more than doubled following the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich, south London in May. The site reports “In the two weeks after the 25-year-old soldier died in May, South Wales...
ITV News has a report on the protest organised by the English Defence League against a halal abattoir in Skegness on Saturday. The abattoir has attracted the attention of a number of far right groups with both the British National Party and the National Front having organised protests there in the...
The Sun and Daily Mail both report on a man who was pictured showing off a tattoo of a mosque with the word ‘boom’ emblazoned across it at last weekend’s English Defence League rally in Birmingham. The photograph was taken at the weekend when the far-right group gathered in...
Leo McKinstry, columnist for the Daily Express, returns to his pet topic on immigration, Muslims and multiculturalism with a comment piece in today’s paper. McKinstry, in his column opining ‘Mass immigration is destroying the fabric of society‘ writes: “In addition, there...
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, is the latest public official to speak out against the spate of attacks on Muslims following the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich in May. Addressing an inter-faith audience gathered at Featherstone High School in west London yesterday, the...
A labourer accused of damaging a mosque hours after the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby will stand trial before a jury, the Kent Messenger reports. Andrew Grindlay, 45, pleaded not guilty to two charges, burglary with intent to commit damage and racially or religiously aggravated criminal damage, at...
A woman from Birmingham who told police she was going “Paki bashing with the EDL” has been fined £100, the Birmingham Mail reports. Lianne Tyler, 20, also called a police officer a “black c***” twice. City magistrates heard how officers found Tyler drunk and carrying...
Today’s Herald Scotland reports on the deliberations of Police Scotland and Glasgow City Council on the application of the Scottish Defence League to protest in the Pollockshields district of the city. The SDL, a far-right group linked to the English Defence League, plan to protest in...
